/ en /news/ccny-dean-juan-carlos-mercado-earns-vote-top-spanish-language-academy Juan Carlos Mercado, dean of T��ɫ��Ƶ’s Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education (CWE), is one of five leading academics and “creators of recognized international prestige” elected Corresponding Members of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language (ANLE). The distinction recognizes outstanding academic careers dedicated to the study, teaching, and international promotion of the Spanish language and Hispanic culture.  ANLE cited Mercado as “a pioneer in expanding educational access and international cooperation.” It noted his research on Spanish Florida and Pedro Menéndez de Avilés as offering a new perspective on Spanish colonization and its cultural implications in the United States. The academy also highlighted Mercado’s deep commitment to the guiding principles of academic excellence and to strengthening Spanish in the U.S.  “Professor Mercado’s incorporation will significantly strengthen our mission to preserve and enrich the Spanish language in the United States,” said Nuria Morgado, Director of ANLE and a Corresponding Member of the Royal Spanish Academy. “This honor formally integrates him into a prestigious international network of scholars dedicated to research, dissemination, and defense of the Spanish language.” About ANLE ANLE is one of the 23 academies of the Spanish language on four continents that serve 580 million Spanish speakers worldwide, with a physical presence in America, Europe, Asia and Africa. The mission of the ANLE is the study, development, and implementation of the normative rules of Spanish in the United States. Read more. About Dr. Juan Carlos Mercado An Argentine-born academic and administrator, Mercado is a specialist in Spanish colonial history in North America. He has over 15 years of leadership experience as the senior dean at CCNY’s Division of Interdisciplinary Studies. Mercado is also the Dean of Study Abroad and International Programs, as well as Continuing and Professional Studies at The City College. He previously served as Professor and Chair of the Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures at CCNY (2000 – 2007), and was Acting Provost of the College in 2011. In addition, he’s part of the faculty for the PhD Program in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages at the Graduate Center, CUNY. Mercado’s research includes 19th century Spanish American Literature, the History of Ideas, and the Spanish exploration of what is now the United States. He has authored numerous books, reviews, and articles. His recent publications include two annotated editions of "Menéndez de Avilés" and "Florida: Chronicles of Expeditions" (2010), "Juan María Gutiérrez’s Escritores Coloniales" (2012), "Historical Links Between Spain and North America" (2016), "España y Norteamérica en el corredor transatlántico/Spain and North America in the Transatlantic Corridor" (with Carlos Aguasaco) (2023), and a new edition of "Menéndez de Avilés" and "Florida: Chronicles of Expeditions" (2024). Mercado is currently working on an annotated edition of Ruy Díaz de Guzmán’s "La Argentina: Historia de las Provincias del Río de la Plata/La Argentina: History of the Rio de la Plata Provinces", (University of Tucuman, Argentina, 2026). ANLE’s four new other Corresponding Members are: Yannelys Aparicio Molina, Cuban specialist in Latin American literature;  Manuel Díaz-Campos, Venezuelan linguist and expert in Hispanic sociolinguistics;   Luis Correa-Díaz, Chilean poet and academic researcher in digital humanities; and Ángel Esteban, Spanish professor and renowned Hispanist and scholar of Cuban literature. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 21:18:40 -0500 Clarence Mwamba /news/ccny-dean-juan-carlos-mercado-earns-vote-top-spanish-language-academy /news/unu-hub-r-sirus-ccny-presents-workshop-address-global-sustainability-challenges Marking the first anniversary of its establishment at T��ɫ��Ƶ, the United Nations University Hub on Remote-Sensing and Sustainable Innovations for Resilient Urban Systems (R-SIRUS) will present a weeklong Professional Development Workshop in Digital Earth and Artificial Intelligence for Sustainability in January 2026. The five-day micro-credential workshop, from Monday, Jan. 12 to Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, each day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., will take place on site and online. Designed for professionals, researchers, and policymakers looking to harness digital innovation for global sustainability challenges, the program will provide hands on training in Earth remote sensing and artificial intelligence/machine learning for forecasting and policy support. Participants will gain experience working with satellite data, applying machine learning techniques, and building reproducible workflows using Python and open science datasets. The program culminates in a capstone project designed to deliver real world impact. The idea for the workshop is an extension of R-SIRUS’s core mission to advance applied research and capacity-building at the intersection of Digital Earth technologies, artificial intelligence, and sustainability, according to NOAA Chair and Professor of Civil Engineering Reza Khanbilvardi of the Grove School of Engineering, R-SIRUS’s executive co-director. The concept was jointly conceived by colleagues at UNU and CCNY who recognized that rapid advances in AI and Earth-observation products are opening new opportunities, but also widening skill gaps, for professionals working in environmental management, climate resilience, and disaster-risk reduction. “We chose to offer this workshop now because the first year of the UNU Hub at CCNY has clearly demonstrated strong demand for practical, high-level training that connects theory with real-world applications,” said Khanbilvardi. “January is an ideal moment, as it allows us to close the Hub’s first year with a focused, high-impact capacity-building program, while setting the tone for deeper engagement with our partners in 2026.” Khanbilvardi envisions the Hub becoming a leading center for innovation, training, and thought leadership in the areas of climate resilience, urban sustainability, and AI-enabled environmental intelligence. “Workshops like this one are part of a broader strategy to expand recruitment of world-class scholars, deepen collaboration across the UNU system, and engage professionals, faculty, and graduate students who want to contribute to global sustainability efforts,” he said. One feature of the program is its roster of lecturers representing a wide range of related expertise. The workshop is chaired by CCNY Professor of Chemical Engineering Mitchell Goldberg, who also holds the title of distinguished research scientist for the Grove School of Engineering-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Center for Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Technologies, known as NOAA-CESSRT. Detailed information about the structure of the workshop, including registration and fees, is available at /calendar/unu-r-sirus-professional-development-workshop-digital-earth-and-artificial-intelligence. Professionals and advanced students from government agencies and NGOs, research institutions and universities, international organizations, and those engaged in private sector environmental technology or artificial intelligence are encouraged to apply. Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:59:43 -0500 Syd Steinhardt /news/unu-hub-r-sirus-ccny-presents-workshop-address-global-sustainability-challenges /news/ccny-harlem-view-students-win-college-media-association-pinnacle-awards T��ɫ��Ƶ senior Tevin McKenzie and alumnus Jared Hoffman, MFA ’25, Documentary Film, are winners of the College Media Association's 2025 Pinnacle Awards. Competing nationally in the large colleges division, McKenzie, an Advertising/Public Relations major and Journalism minor, received first place in the feature story category for his piece on the noisiest neighborhood in New York City. Hoffman received second place in the podcast category for his exploration of the origins of a controversial AI-assisted video sparked by President Trump's February remarks about redeveloping Gaza under U.S. control. McKenzie said that he “stumbled into this story by chance,” after being assigned to walk through neighborhoods to unearth any issues worth covering. “When nothing grabbed my attention, I turned to the internet to see what conversations were happening locally,” he said. “That’s when I discovered that I live in the noisiest district in New York City.” That neighborhood, District 12 in the Bronx, encompasses the Baychester, Edenwald, Williamsbridge, Boston Post Road and East Gun Hill Road sections of the borough. In the course of his reporting, McKenzie found that District 12 became “the city’s undisputed loudest neighborhood,” in 2024, with more than 73,000 noise complaints lodged with 311. The uptick in complaints, he found, had its roots in a multitude of factors, among them increased construction and traffic, along with cultural traditions, such as booming stereos from cars and sidewalks, and all-night parties, reflecting the Caribbean, African American, and Latino origins of many residents. Many of McKenzie’s interviewees expressed their ambivalence as they shared their experiences of living in an area grappling with the challenges of balancing neighborhood peace with cultural expression. “Their willingness to engage is what solidified my decision to fully pursue the story,” he said. “Making a list of potential sources was nerve-wracking; up until this assignment, I’d only interviewed a handful of people, most of them fellow CCNY students or people I already knew,” he added. “Reaching out to NYC Council Members and community figures felt intimidating. But the responses I received, especially those willing to speak with me, ultimately confirmed that this topic had depth, urgency, and a real impact on residents.” Hoffman first saw the “Trump Gaza” video in February 2025. His interest piqued, he tracked down the makers of the video, Ariel Vromen and Solo Avital, both accomplished filmmakers in their own right. Vroman originally thought of the video they created, based on President Trump’s Feb. 4 comment about taking over the Gaza strip and turning it into the Riviera of the Middle East, as “a joke,” he told Hoffman. The video has all the hallmarks of being AI-generated, Hoffman reported, such as colors and images that seem to be unnatural, as well as strange images of President Trump dancing and of Elon Musk strolling through the territory while eating hummus. Vroman and Avital sent the finished product out to a few friends in early February, without much response, until Trump posted it on his Truth Social platform on Feb. 25. Then, “things became very real,” Hoffman reported. Since then, Trump’s original post garnered hundreds of thousands of views while the reposted version has attracted more than one million views. Vromen shrugged off any ethical concerns when Hoffman asked him if he would take on a project such as this if approached by a potential client. “Why not?” he replied. “We need to pay the rent. If I'm not pushing poison to people and aware of it [and] if the contract is right, we'll do it. We're a production company.” Hoffman’s reporting caused him to consider the implications of this emerging technology. “If a politician wants to attack the line between truth and fiction, AI is the perfect weapon,” he said in closing. As a result, he concluded, “political messaging will never be the same.” In addition to the students’ awards, Harlem View, the multimedia publication of CCNY's Journalism program, within the Division of Humanities and the Arts, received an honorable mention for Media Website of the Year. Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:28:57 -0500 Syd Steinhardt /news/ccny-harlem-view-students-win-college-media-association-pinnacle-awards /news/benefactor-seymour-sternberg-theater-impresario-voza-rivers-and-community-leader-lloyd Seymour “Sy” Sternberg, B.E.E.’65, Voza Rivers, and the late Lloyd Williams are T��ɫ��Ƶ’s 2025 President’s Medal recipients. Sternberg and Rivers received their medals from CCNY President Vincent G. Boudreau at the annual President’s Circle Dinner on Nov. 4 at the University Club of New York. Williams’s son, Lateef Ade Williams, accepted his father's posthumous honor on the family’s behalf. The President's Medal is awarded for distinguished achievement and public service. Past recipients include: Nelson Mandela; Nobel Laureates Robert Aumann and Leon M. Lederman; Coretta Scott King; Gen. Colin L. Powell, US Army (ret.); astronaut Mario Runco Jr.; former Secretary of State and former U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.); and Benjamin B. Ferencz, who was 99 and the last surviving former Nuremberg war crimes trials prosecutor when he received the medal in 2019. The 2002 Medal was awarded to the men and women of New York City's uniformed services for their heroic service on and after Sept. 11, 2001. Sternberg was the longest-serving chairman of the board of New York Life Insurance Company, the largest mutual life insurance company in the U.S. and one of the largest life insurers in the world. He and his wife, Laurie Sternberg, established the Sternberg Lecture in Public Service at the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership in 2014 to foster conversations about relevant public and policy related discussions. This gift also established the Sternberg Family Lecture in Public Scholarship, as well as the Sternberg Family Professorship of Leadership at the Colin Powell School, a position now held by former New York City Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene Dave A. Chokshi, M.D. Sternberg has served CCNY and CUNY as a member of the City College 21st Century Foundation Board and the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies Advisory Council, and as chair of the CUNY Business Leadership Council. As chairman of the New York Life Foundation, he announced the Foundation’s $10 million grant to establish the New York Life Endowment for Emerging African-American Issues at what was then the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies.  "Sy Sternberg has been an energetic and forceful supporter of City College since the founding of the 21st Century Foundation,” said President Boudreau. “I had the lucky opportunity to work with him since I began directing the Colin Powell Center back in 2002, and he guided our efforts from that point through to the founding of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership. It was a deep and personal honor to present him with the President’s Medal." For his distinguished service to college, city and country, Sternberg received an honorary doctorate in humane letters from his alma mater in 2010. Award-winning music and theater producer Rivers took over Harlem’s New Heritage Repertory Theater in 1983 from its founder, the playwright, set designer, actor and lecturer Roger Furman. As executive producer, Rivers reorganized the theater as New Heritage Theatre Group. Now the oldest Black nonprofit theater in New York state, NHTG has spawned productions, workshops, and presentations that reflect the historical, social and political experiences of African and Latino descendants in America and abroad. NHTG counts luminaries such as Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Gertrude Jeanette, Rosetta Lenoir and Alice Childress among its many alumni. Rivers and NHTG co-founded the Harlem Arts Alliance in 2001. It has since grown from a founding membership of 12 to more than 400 arts and culture members representing all disciplines and areas of the arts. Last year, to mark the 60th anniversary of its 1964 founding, NTHG donated its extensive archives to CCNY’s Libraries Archives and Special Collections Division.  "Voza Rivers is an icon in Harlem and in the world of theater. He brought some of the most groundbreaking acts of music and drama to the Harlem community. But we are particularly proud that some of his most remarkable, dramatic endeavors graced our stage in the Aaron Davis Theater,” said President Boudreau. “This medal both recognizes Voza’s lifelong achievements in the world of the arts and our mutual commitment to work together as we revitalize the Leonard Davis Center for the Performing Arts at City College." Williams chaired the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce for more than half a century. The organization spurred residential and commercial development, tourism, and pride in the neighborhood’s history and potential. He was a founder and architect of Harlem Week, a festival that began in 1974 as Harlem Day, originally conceived as a one-time event that was expanded to a week the next year. He also served as a chairman of the CCNY President’s Executive Advisory Board. Williams passed away on Aug. 17, during Harlem Week 2025. “Lloyd was an unwavering friend of CCNY,” said President Boudreau. “He served the Harlem community, where he spent his life, tirelessly helping shape it into a beacon of African American culture and a popular destination for tourists from around the world. He was unrelenting in his mission to better Harlem and was an unfailing partner of the community's major institutions.”  CCNY Assistant Professor of Education Gail Buffalo, who directs the Early Childhood Education program at CCNY’s Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education and is the author of the forthcoming book, "Certified in Uncertain Times," served as the evening’s keynote speaker. Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:39:06 -0500 Syd Steinhardt /news/benefactor-seymour-sternberg-theater-impresario-voza-rivers-and-community-leader-lloyd /news/grove-school-medical-breakthrough-wearable-disposable-electrotherapy Imagine going to the pharmacy and getting an adhesive bandage that applies gentle energy to accelerate wound healing, reduce infection or enhance skin complexion. Or sticking a patch on your forehead to control a migraine, depression or other brain disorders. Or getting your next vaccine booster not through a needle, but from a sticker. These may soon be a reality, thanks to cutting-edge research at T��ɫ��Ƶ led by the Grove School of Engineering’s Marom Bikson, Mohamad Fallahrad, and Dean Alexander Couzis. Entitled “Wearable Disposable Electrotherapy,” the CCNY team’s work appears in the journal Nature Communications.  “It’s a novel platform for medicine. Single-use millimeter-thick adhesive patches, delivering a specific therapy.  Applications include skin healing, applying energy to treat brain disorders, and delivering drugs through the skin,” said Bikson, who leads the Neural Engineering Group in the Grove School. The disposable single-use devices, which is as discreet as adhesive bandages, is activated simply by placement on the body. The device senses the body and, over a few minutes or an hour, delivers a single therapy dose. The device can then be removed and thrown away.  “We call it wearable medicine,” said Bikson.  What makes Wearable Disposable Electrotherapy a technological breakthrough is that each patch is a thin electronic device able to deliver a therapeutic dose, but there are no packaged batteries or electrical components.  “Since each patch is single use and disposable, we needed environmentally benign materials - so, no electronics,” said Couzis. “Wearable Disposable Electrotherapy is the first electronics-free device that can sense and change the body. It took multiple innovations in chemical, electrical, and biomedical engineering to achieve this.” The prescribed therapy dose is regulated by dozens of printed chemical components. Together they form a thin 3D electrochemical.  “Without using any electrical components, we created a device that self-powers and regulates therapy out of its electrochemical network,” added Couzis. “For each application, such as wound healing, electrical therapy, or a drug-delivery patch, a unique electrochemical structure is created.” But using only scalable additive printing technology and abundant materials, the cost of each device is reduced to pennies.”  The use of the device determines its shape and function. For wound healing and skin enhancement applications, Wearable Disposable Electrotherapy are made like adhesive bandages, but with the added benefit of bioelectric healing. For uses such as migraine, depression, or dementia a patch across the forehead delivers therapeutic electricity to the brain. For drug delivery, such a pain medication or even vaccines, the drug is also built into the device which delivers it through the skin when the patch is applied.  “We have produced prototypes for each application and proven they deliver the prescribed therapy. We are now planning clinical trials. For each use case we are working with leading medical centers to test therapy efficacy,” said Bikson.    Tue, 11 Nov 2025 20:58:31 -0500 Clarence Mwamba /news/grove-school-medical-breakthrough-wearable-disposable-electrotherapy /news/city-state-names-ccny-sr-vp-dee-dee-mozeleski-2025-trailblazer-economic-development-list In recent years, Dee Dee Mozeleski’s outstanding work in philanthropy, advertising, marketing and public relations has earned her top honors from Crain’s New York Business and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). The accolades continue for T��ɫ��Ƶ’s senior vice president of the Office of Institutional Advancement, Communications and External Relations (OIACER), who also serves as executive director of the Foundation for City College, Inc., and as senior advisor to the CCNY President. Mozeleski has been named to City & State’s 2025 Trailblazers in Economic Development list. The honor recognizes influential people dedicated to enhancing economic opportunities in New York.   City & State cites Mozeleski for wearing many hats at The City College, “where she helps advance economic and workforce development programs.”  She’s hailed for launching the Charles B. Rangel Infrastructure Workforce Development Initiative, “which aims to expand job training in transportation, construction and clean energy and provide pathways to jobs in the industry. Mozeleski also oversees the Zahn Innovation Center, a startup incubator program featuring coworking space, hackathons and bootcamps for entrepreneurs. Additionally, Mozeleski serves as executive director of the Foundation for City College and senior adviser to the school’s president.” “I’m thrilled that Dee Mozeleski is getting this recognition for her contributions to workforce development,” said CCNY President Vincent G. Boudreau. “She is smart and dedicated, certainly. But one other fact jumps off the page for me: her initial and continuing work at CCNY put her in charge of our philanthropic and communications departments (not workforce development!). What makes her a true pathbreaker in this field, however, is her recognition that a modern approach to workforce development will combine philanthropy, government relations, grant writing, community outreach, and industry partnerships. Dee has great capacity in each of these fields, and by weaving them together in her work, she excels as an innovator in the field—a true pathbreaker.” Mozeleski’s recent honors have recognized these skills.  Last June, she was named a 2025 Crain’s New York Business Notable Leader in Philanthropy for her commitment to advancing her industry and community.   In 2023,  Mozeleski was named a Crain’s Notable in Advertising, Marketing & PR, a recognition of top leaders in those fields in the New York metro area. And in 2021, she was named a CASE District II Professional of the Year and a Crain’s New York Business’ Notable in Nonprofits and Philanthropy.  The Professional of the Year award recognizes a District II institutional advancement professional who has demonstrated exceptional achievement in the development of an institutional advancement program or innovative execution of programs within an area of advancement; contributed to the profession through work with CASE; and volunteered in service to the community or charitable organizations. The Crain’s list of Notables in Nonprofits and Philanthropy was a celebration of 57 New York heroes who facilitated or led nonprofit work in the face of the pandemic. All of the honorees who made the list were chosen for their effort to help New Yorkers ride out the upheaval wrought by Covid-19. Mozeleski is a cabinet member of CASE’s District II, a board member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ New York City chapter and an ethics committee member of AFP Global; and a board member and mentor of the National Scholarship Providers Association.  Click here to read more about Mozeleski.   Mon, 03 Nov 2025 13:57:54 -0500 Clarence Mwamba /news/city-state-names-ccny-sr-vp-dee-dee-mozeleski-2025-trailblazer-economic-development-list /news/uft-pres-michael-mulgrew-and-seven-distinguished-alumni-receive-ccny-honors Michael Mulgrew, President of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), is the recipient of the 2025 John H. Finley Award from The Alumni Association of T��ɫ��Ƶ. In addition, the Association will honor seven CCNY alumni for outstanding post-graduate achievement. They’ll receive the Townsend Harris Medal at CCNY’s 145th Annual Alumni Gala at 7 p.m. on Nov. 13. The event, in CCNY’s Great Hall, Shepard Hall, located at 160 Convent Ave in Manhattan, will be both in-person and virtual. Click here to register.  The Finley award is given out for exemplary and dedicated service to the City of New York. For Mulgrew, it recognizes his steadfast advocacy for public education and his leadership representing more than 190,000 educators and school professionals across New York City.  The 2025 Townsend Harris Medalists recognized for their exceptional post-graduate accomplishments and lasting contributions to society are:  Dr. Nichola J. Davis ’94 – physician and Vice President of Health and Hospitals NYC;    Dr. Leon Golub ’67 – astrophysicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory;    Kirk McDonald ’22 – business and marketing leader; CEO of Sundial Medial & Technology Group;    Dr. Arien K. Muzacz ’09 – professional counselor, educator, and advocate for mental health;    Garri Rivkin ’10 – founder and executive director of The City Tutors;   Emanuel James Stergiou ’71 – actuary; Founder and CEO of SG Risk; and   Gary Weiss ’75 – investigative reporter, author, and columnist; renowned for exposing white collar crime and organized crime in business and finance.  “These honorees exemplify the transformative power of a City College education,” said David Covington, executive director of the Alumni Association. “Their accomplishments across science, education, healthcare, media, business, and public service reflect the spirit of access, excellence, and social mobility that defines The City College. We are proud to celebrate their achievements and to gather our alumni community in support of programs that continue this legacy.”  Click here to learn more about the 145th Annual Alumni Gala Fundraiser, including to register to attend, or support through sponsorship or journal advertising.  About the Alumni Association of T��ɫ��Ƶ  The Alumni Association of T��ɫ��Ƶ (AACCNY) is an independent, member-driven 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting the welfare of T��ɫ��Ƶ and its alumni. Founded in 1853, the Association advances the principles of public higher education and the ideals of the Ephebic Oath—engaging alumni, supporting students through scholarships and mentorship, and promoting the College’s interests locally and globally. For more information, visit www.ccnyalumni.org. Sun, 02 Nov 2025 20:26:44 -0500 Clarence Mwamba /news/uft-pres-michael-mulgrew-and-seven-distinguished-alumni-receive-ccny-honors /news/vincent-boudreau-ccny-president-2025-power-player-education PoliticsNY & amNY are proud to present the annual Power Players in Education list. The 2025 Power Players in Education list looks to honor the dedicated leaders across New York’s vast education system. From presidents of educational institutions to directors of nonprofits to policymakers, the  2025 Power Players in Education are at the forefront of shaping New York’s education landscape and guiding students towards a bright future. Dr. Vincent G. Boudreau, T��ɫ��Ƶ’s 13th President, is one of the leaders recognized as a Power Player. Boudreau has worked at The City College for over 34 years, starting as an assistant professor in the department of political science. He was the founding dean of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership (in 2014), became CCNY’s interim president in October 2016, and has served as the confirmed president since November 2017. Following is PoliticsNY & amNY’s Q&A with Boudreau: How has the educational landscape changed in recent years and what are your hopes for its future? Colleges today face real instability in how America values knowledge. Is a college education still important, or should people just learn job-specific skills? More generally, does our society still value the shared social good of a broadly educated society? Are we willing to subject our most important public decisions to rigorous empirical scrutiny? I hope the answer to these questions is “yes” and that a stronger educational system is seen as a path forward. What do you most enjoy about working in education? I love developing talent, especially in students who often don’t (yet) know they’re talented. I love the prospect of designing new programs to meet changing economic needs or trying to solve puzzles associated with boosting student resilience and retention. I love the feeling that something a professor says to a student may reorient their whole way of thinking. I love that one student’s success at CCNY can change their whole family’s trajectory. As this year comes to an end, what are your goals for 2026? At the moment, it seems like the most important goal for 2026 is defending the institutions of higher education against those that seek to make us smaller, to diminish our impact on society, to deflate our vital research efforts, or to limit the number and kinds of students who can reasonably aspire to a college education and a better life. If I can help hold the line on these vital matters, I’ll be satisfied. Fri, 24 Oct 2025 10:04:11 -0400 Clarence Mwamba /news/vincent-boudreau-ccny-president-2025-power-player-education /news/24m-grant-enables-ccny-school-education-train-more-teachers-address-shortages T��ɫ��Ƶ’s School of Education (SoE) is the recipient of a $2.4 million grant from New York state to expand its existing New York City Teaching Fellows (NYCTF) alternative certification program. The expanded program, Education Workforce Investment, aims to address current teacher shortages in New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) by training and placing these new teachers in high-need subject areas and in high-need NYCPS classrooms. The grant will also provide increased financial aid academic support for those students to ease their entry into full-time teaching careers, and to promote retention and long-term success. The high-need subject areas, as identified by SoE partners NYCPS and NYCTF, are students with disabilities, bilingual childhood education, and secondary Spanish for grades seven through 12. Since launching its alternative certification program in 2000, SoE and its partners hosted 4,651 Teaching Fellows pursuing certification in these areas. Candidates for the Fellowships must apply online here. The NYCTF will select approved candidates to be considered for this program by the SoE, which will select those who will benefit from this grant based on merit, financial need, and readiness. As many as 80 candidates will be selected for two cohorts of 40, each to start in the summer of 2026 and 2027. After summertime pre-service training, the Fellows will be assigned to a classroom in a school community that is committed to preparing new teachers and to serving historically marginalized communities. They continue to work toward their master’s degrees and to work as full-time teachers in the schools that hired them. They also receive support in the form of advisement from academic advisors, program directors and faculty, as well as full funding for the duration of their participation. They also receive stipends for additional expenses and opportunities to attend certification exam preparation workshops. It is expected that, by the end of Year Three, 40 candidates will have completed graduate programs leading to initial certification in students with disabilities, bilingual childhood education, and secondary Spanish (grades 7-12). By the end of Year Four, the expectation is that 40 additional candidates will have met this goal. “This grant will afford the CCNY School of Education the opportunity to continue to prepare educators who are committed to diversity and democracy,” said CCNY School of Education Dean Edwin M. Lamboy. “This has been at the core of the work the School of Education has done for over 100 years, and it is still as important as ever.” Currently, more than 9,000 New York City Teaching Fellows work in the city’s schools. Six hundred Fellows serve as principals, assistant principals, or other instructional administrators, including NYCPS Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos, M.A. ’10. Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:28:29 -0400 Syd Steinhardt /news/24m-grant-enables-ccny-school-education-train-more-teachers-address-shortages /news/ccny-features-princeton-review-guide-green-colleges-2026-edition The Princeton Review®, known for its education services and resources for college-bound students, features T��ɫ��Ƶ in its online resource, The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2026 Edition (October 21, 2025).  The Guide, which is accessible for free at www.princetonreview.com/green-guide, profiles 388 colleges that foster a culture of environmental responsibility and demonstrate a commitment to sustainability,  The Princeton Review chose the colleges based on a survey the company conducted in 2024–2025 of administrators at 401 colleges about their institutions' sustainability-related policies, practices, and programs. The company also surveyed students attending the colleges about their "green" campus experiences. The school selections were based on more than 25 data points from the surveys. “Among the hundreds of schools we surveyed for this project, The City College, which offers excellent academics, is also a stand-out for its record of environmentally-responsible practices. We are delighted to recommend it to college applicants who want their ‘best-fit’ college to also be a 'green' one," said Rob Franek, The Princeton Review's Editor-in-Chief.  Franek noted that The Princeton Review is seeing strong interest among college applicants in attending green colleges. Of the more than 7,000 students the company polled for its 2025 College Hopes & Worries Survey, 59% said having information about a college's commitment to the environment would affect their decision to apply to or attend the school. A report on the survey findings is at www.princetonreview.com/college-hopes-worries. The profiles in the Guide reveal The Princeton Review’s Green Ratings of the schools which the company tallied on a scale of 60 to 99.  CCNY received a Green Rating of 81/99. The profiles provide detail on the schools’ uses of renewable energy, their recycling and conservation programs, and the availability of environmental studies in their academic offerings. The profiles also include information on the schools' admission requirements, cost, and financial aid.  The Princeton Review has published its Guide to Green Colleges annually since 2010. The education services company is also known for its other resources for college applicants including its dozens of categories of college rankings. Its annual book, The Best 391 Colleges (2026 Edition published August 2025) includes a Top 25 Colleges ranking list titled Green Matters: Everyone Cares About Conservation. This is the second major recognition for CCNY from Princeton Review in two months. Last August, it ranked The City College one of the nation's academically best undergraduate institutions.   About The Princeton Review The Princeton Review is a leading tutoring, test prep, and college admissions services company. Every year, it helps millions of college- and graduate school–bound students as well as working professionals achieve their education and career goals through its many education services and products. These include online and in-person courses delivered by a network of more than 4,000 teachers and tutors; online resources; a line of more than 150 print and digital books published by Penguin Random House; and dozens of categories of school rankings. Founded in 1981, the company is now in its 44th year. The company's Tutor.com brand, now in its 25th year, is one of the largest online tutoring services in the U.S. It comprises a community of thousands of tutors who have delivered more than 28 million tutoring sessions. 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